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Israel’s killing of journalists follows a pattern of silencing Palestinian media that stretches back to 1967

Five journalists were among the 22 people killed on Aug. 25, 2025, in Israeli strikes on the Nasser Hospital in the Gaza Strip. Following global condemnation, the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a statement saying Israel “values the work of journalists.” But the numbers tell a different…

The Conversation

UK joins calls for Israel to allow foreign journalists into Gaza

The UK signed a statement alongside other members of the Media Freedom Coalition which also condemned violence against journalists in Gaza.

Evening Standard

Voices: Britain’s shameful inaction on Jimmy Lai could cost him his life

COMMENT: As his health deteriorates in a Hong Kong jail, the businessman’s detention is now a test of Keir Starmer’s seriousness about human rights – and the government’s willingness to defend its citizens and values abroad, says Jodie Ginsberg

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If you dogwhistle it, neo-Nazis will come: the ‘March for Australia’ – and the problems reporting it poses for media

News Corp tabloid reproduces event flyer complete with slogans. Plus: a landmark defamation ruling

The Guardian - AU

Israel must allow independent investigations of Palestinian journalist killings – and let international media into Gaza

The New York-based media freedom organisation, the Committee to Protect Journalists, is scrupulous with its words. So, when the organisation described the killing of six Palestinian journalists in an Israeli air strike as “murder”, the word was a carefully considered choice.

The Conversation

Israel is wiping out Gaza’s journalists – and it’s no longer even hiding it

The laws of war are clear: journalists are civilians. To target them deliberately in war is to commit a war crime

The Guardian - US

Anas al-Sharif: Who was the Al Jazeera journalist killed by Israel?

The journalist became a household name for his relentless reporting from the Gaza Strip

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Increasing the danger: Journalist killing in Gaza sends a chilling message

The targeted killing of an Al Jazeera correspondent in Gaza over the weekend was a notable moment even for a war that has been remarkably blood-soaked for journalists

The Independent UK

Israel kills Al Jazeera correspondent who posted final message about ‘those who stayed silent’

His final words will haunt you.

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Five Al Jazeera journalists killed in Gaza 'targeted by Israeli military smear campaign'

The IDF has claimed a slain Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent was secretly working with Hamas and responsible for a rocket attack against Israel

Evening Standard

Five Al Jazeera journalists killed in Israeli strike on Gaza City

The Israeli military confirmed it had targeted Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif, claiming he led "a terrorist cell of Hamas," allegations al-Sharif and the media network had previously denied.

Euronews

Israel kills five Al Jazeera journalists in targeted Gaza strike

CPJ had warned that Israeli military was using a ‘smear campaign’ in a bid to ‘manufacture consent’ to kill Anas al-Sharif, 28, one of Al Jazeera’s most prominent voices in Gaza

The Independent UK

Al Jazeera condemns Israeli incitement against Gaza reporter Anas al-Sharif

Al Jazeera says incitement campaign aims to ‘justify targeting of journalists’ as Israel continues to bombard Gaza.

Al Jazeera

Gaza is starving. So are its journalists

A desperate situation has become catastrophic. If we do not act now, there will be no one left to tell anyone’s story

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Atlanta journalist fights deportation from Ice jail despite dropped charges: ‘I’m seeing what absolute power can do’

A Salvadorian reporter with an audience of millions, Mario Guevara was arrested while livestreaming a protest against Trump in June – and is still struggling for freedom

The Guardian - UK

Telling the incredible tale of Anna Politkovskaya has taught me one thing: I could never be that brave

She faced endless opposition and threats to her life. This has become a reality for far too many journalists, says actor Maxine Peake

International Business Times

Deadly Israeli Strikes Mar Fragile Gaza Truce

Gaza's civil defence agency said nine people including journalists were killed in Israeli strikes on Saturday, attacks which could further endanger the fragile truce in the Palestinian territory.

The Guardian - US

Trump called the press ‘the enemy of the people’. Now it’s time to defend ourselves

The one-time defiance and solidarity of publications across the political aisle is strained as outlets cave to Trump’s threats

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Al Jazeera

Israel killed majority of record number of journalists slain in 2024: CPJ

The Committee to Protect Journalists said 2024 was the most dangerous year yet for journalists, with 124 people killed.

Newslaundry

Israel killed ‘almost 70%’ of journalists who died in 2024, according to new CPJ report

Last year was the “deadliest year for journalists” in the history of the Committee to Protect Journalists, and Israel was responsible for almost 70 percent of all journalists killed.

Newslaundry

After 15 months of being ‘slandered, injured, killed’, journos are cautious about Israel ceasefire

Amid reports of a ceasefire deal with Israel and Hamas in Gaza, questions loom over justice for journalists, who families and press associations claim have been deliberately targeted in the conflict zone.

The Conversation

‘The international legal system has collapsed, and journalism is collapsing with it’: why 2024 was the deadliest year on record for reporters

The past year has been the deadliest for journalists since the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) began tracking fatalities in 1992. Since 7 October 2023, at least 146 journalists have been killed in Gaza, the West Bank, Israel, and Lebanon, though the actual numbers are likely much higher, as the…

The Independent UK

Middle East latest: 5 Palestinian journalists killed by Israeli strike, Gaza Health Ministry says

Gaza's Health Ministry says five Palestinian journalists have been killed by an Israeli strike

The Guardian - US

More than 100 journalists were killed this year – over half of them in Palestine

Fifty-five journalists were killed in Palestine this year, and nearly all have been forced from their homes, data shows

The National (Scotland)

Broadcaster rejects 'unfounded' Israeli claims about its Gaza journalists

BROADCASTER Al Jazeera has strongly rejected a claim from the Israeli military that six of its journalists based in Gaza are members of Hamas and…

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